Savour the moment - View from the Lumley End

4:19pm Friday 3rd October 2008

FOR many a Durham fan the results coming through during the wonderful final day of the County Championship would have reached them either through constant refreshing of websites, the Radio Newcastle coverage and in the case of this correspondent, via WAP and a flurry of text messages while somewhat surreally sat at Villa Park awaiting the second half of Sunderland's game.

Smith's my pick - View from the Lumley End

9:52am Friday 26th September 2008

BY the time you read this, the destination of the County Championship may well be nigh on decided, therefore you, the Durham faithful, could be in a state of nervous excitement or refreshing the internet browser viewing the seeming inevitability of Nottinghamshire taking the title.

Durham eye Championship glory

10:52am Wednesday 24th September 2008

DURHAM have grown used to final match drama since their elevation to the top flight and they can always count on skipper Dale Benkenstein to rise to the challenge.

Two weeks to win it - View from the Lumley End

4:33pm Friday 19th September 2008

THE PRO40 victory against Gloucestershire, which due to the nine to five grind of many a worker, may well have been the last glimpses that a lot of fans will have had of Durham this season, but the drab nature of such a one-sided affair hardly reflects the potential excitement of the final two weeks of the County Championship season.

Durham seem destined to end up as bridesmaids - View from the Lumley End

12:42pm Friday 12th September 2008

THE HYPOTHETICAL publication of the Oxford Encyclopaedia of Clichés dictates that the English spend their time in the rain, while bemoaning the way in which it has disrupted the cricket.

We need to get the basics right to stand a chance - View from the Lumley End

1:27pm Friday 5th September 2008

WHEN Durham look back on their season, it may well be this week they point to as to when it all went wrong.

First it giveth - View from the Lumley End

4:17pm Friday 29th August 2008

WITH one hand the great cricketing gods giveth, with the other they taketh away.

Blame it on the weatherman - View from the Lumley End

12:09pm Friday 22nd August 2008

FOR all it infuriates us, there's something peculiarly English which is proud of the way in which the weather influences cricket.

We've got to take risks - View from the Lumley End

2:45pm Friday 8th August 2008

AND breathe out.

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